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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President
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Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President

Saturday 7 February 2026
Baghdad is seeking ways to break the deadlock in Kurdistan between KDP and PUK over Iraqi president candidate. Alwaght- The Iraqi election of president which according to the constitution should be the middle ring in the government formation not only these days is moving at a extremely slow pace but ...
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Trump Facing Refund Burden as Supreme Court Strikes Down his Tariffs
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Trump Facing Refund Burden as Supreme Court Strikes Down his Tariffs

Monday 23 February 2026 ،
Council on Foreign Relations poll shows a majority of Americans believe tariffs have driven up prices and that there should be limits on a president's authority to impose them. The timing of this decision in an election year could turn it into a politically risky issue. To implement the ruling, ...
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Ocalan’s New Message: New Opportunity or Final Test for Peace?
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Ocalan’s New Message: New Opportunity or Final Test for Peace?

Friday 27 February 2026 ،
Ocalan’s message is seen as a step to peace, but challenges are making the road to peace with Turkey bumpy. Alwaght- A year after historic letter by the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, in which he demanded his loyalist militias to put down arms and join a pea ...
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Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Surprises in War: Aspects and Implications
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Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Surprises in War: Aspects and Implications

Tuesday 17 March 2026 ،
The Iraqi resistance groups are increasingly making Iraq unsafe for American forces. Alwaght- As the region sinks deeper in a war the US and the Israeli regime waged against Iran, Iraq everyday moves closer to full involvement in a snowballing regional conflict. Firstly, as serious warnings of Iran ...
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Motasim Agha Jan Detention: Restricting the Influential Figure of Taliban
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Motasim Agha Jan Detention: Restricting the Influential Figure of Taliban

Saturday 18 April 2026 ،
Council. Seen as a moderate figure, he has had close ties with the family of Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban. His gap with the Taliban leader rose when peace talks with Hamid Karzai, the first post-Taliban president, were raised. In 2011, Agha Jan survived an assassination attempt in Pakist ...
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Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa
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Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa

Tuesday 21 April 2026 ،
Council and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation also moved quickly to reject Israel's unilateral step. Somaliland holds significant strategic weight in the Horn of Africa due to its proximity to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and its commanding position over the Persian Gulf of Aden, a chokepoint ...
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Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge
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Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
Council, made up of the rulers of all seven emirates. The ruler of Abu Dhabi serves as president of the UAE, while the ruler of Dubai serves as vice president and prime minister. This distribution of posts rests on hierarchy of power and wealth as the governing system relies on tribal system. So, t ...
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What’s Behind Tel Aviv’s Push to Abolish the Oslo Accord?
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What’s Behind Tel Aviv’s Push to Abolish the Oslo Accord?

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
Council, has paved the way for crisis escalation. The Ramadan War and the resilience of Iran and the Axis of Resistance have emerged as restraining factors, and that Iran's smart management of the Strait of Hormuz remains essential because these regimes understand only the language of power.
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
Council President António Costa in attendance. The two sides signed agreements on cooperation in connectivity, transport, energy, digital infrastructure, and security, while vowing to deepen political and economic ties. The EU also announced a new civilian partnership mission in Armenia and a ...
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
Council's resolution 1701, Israel continues its ground operations inside Lebanon. The occupation army has even gone beyond its stated buffer zone, re-occupying about 800 square kilometers of the Lebanese territory. Meanwhile, in the middle of ongoing ceasefire talks in Washington between the Le ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.